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David Katz, MD
Investigator
MD Jefferson Medical College, 1987
MSc Harvard School of Public Health, 1995
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Dr. Katz, is a Core Investigator with CRIISP and an Associate Professor of Internal Medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine at the University of Iowa. Dr. Katz has expertise in cost-effectiveness analysis and in the development of practice-based interventions to incorporate clinical guidelines into practice. He has received awards from the National Institutes of Health and AHRQ to examine the scientific validity and impact of implementing guidelines for smoking cessation and evaluation of unstable angina. He was a recent recipient of a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Generalist Physician Faculty Scholar grant (1998-2002) and a NCI Preventive Oncology Academic Award (1998-2003). Dr. Katz is also a talented mentor and is Co-PI on the University of Iowa National Institutes of Health K30 Clinical Research Training Program.
Research Interests
Evaluation of practice guidelines
Physician decision making
Preventive health services
Clinical decision analysis
Research Projects
Improving the Evidence For Unstable Angina Guidelines
AHCPR Smoking Cessation Guideline Impact Trial
Selected Publications
Katz DA, Griffith JL, Beshansky JR, Selker HP. The need for an empiric basis in formulating medical practice guidelines. JAMA 1996; 276:1568-74.
Katz DA, Payne D, Pauker SG. Early surgery versus conservative management of dissecting aneurysms of the descending thoracic aorta. Med Dec Making, 2000; 20: 377-93.
Katz DA, McHorney CA. The relationship between insomnia and health-related quality of life in patients with chronic illness. J Fam Pract 2002; 51:229-35.
Katz D, Muehlenbruch D, Brown R, Fiore M, Baker T. Effectiveness of implementing the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Smoking Cessation Clinical Practice Guideline: A randomized controlled trial. J Nat Cancer Inst 2004; 96(8): 594-603.
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Contact Information
Iowa City Veterans Affairs Medical Center
CRIISP (152)
601 Highway 6 West
Iowa City, IA 52246-2208
Phone: 319-887-4938
Facsimile: 319-887-4932
Division of General Internal Medicine
The University of Iowa
200 Hawkins Drive, SE618-GH
Iowa City, IA 52242
Phone: 319-356-1141
Email: david-katz@uiowa.edu
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